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Agrarian Populism in Colonial and Postcolonial Malawi

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Summary, in English

This article analyses continuity and change of the agrarian doctrine in colonial and postcolonial Malawi. It engages in a classic debate about images and polices concerning African farming. The article argues that the agrarian doctrine must be related to the broader notion of agrarian populism, more specifically to Chayanov's notion of the logic of the peasant family farm. Employing this broader approach allows a striking continuity of the agrarian doctrine to be revealed. Calls for changes of local institutions did not signify attempts to promote rural transformation, but contained strategies to increase the economic independence of the precapitalist family farm.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

143-164

Publication/Series

African Studies Review

Volume

54

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Economic History

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0002-0206